The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-04-29

Count de Lesseps' house in Paris is
filed with objects of art, pictures, rare
pieces Of furniture, curious enamels,
wonderful specimens Of SAKE and Sevres,
Venetian mirrors and TASKS, Chinese
etageres, japanese desks, easels, etc.
The large drawing room is about forty
feet in length and the floor is covered by
a Turkish rug. The walls are hung with
rich red figured silk, which throws into
relief the pure white woodwork, deli
cately carved as in the time Louis XIV.
Rich Aubusson curtains are at the
windows and from the ceiling is sus-
pended colossal crystal chandelier,
the rainbow tints Of which are reflected
in the mirrors that multiply the
splendors of this room. Some of the
sofas and chairs are covered with Aubus-
SON, others with red satin embroidered
with gold. Three arches, decorated with
acanthus leaves, separate this room from
the second drawing-room. This room is
about twenty-five feet square and be-
tween its two windows is a branched
candlestick. On high pedestal, covered
with red plush, stand two Cupids of
Carrara marble; these hold the brass
scandlestick, which has forty branches,
opposite is a second candlestick, the
counterpart of the one just described.
Before Louis XVI sofa is table,
which may be better described as small
o1,r sfo rr1o
snuff boxes in pearl, tortoise shell, enamel
and gold, fans, crosses, bibelots of every
kind-an historical page of museum.
THE DAILY WORK OF A QUEEN.
The Queen Regent of Spain is hard
working woman in her dominions. She
rises at seven, and as soon as she has made
her toilet she sends for her little son and
the members of the royal family, and
spends an hour or so with them. At nine
she attends to her household affairs, goes
over her accounts, give her orders for the
day, reads her letters, chances through
the newspapers, and is ready by ten or
little after to receive the reports of
the captain general of the garrison
He is succeeded by the prime minis
Z ter, who has a long interview with
the Queen on affairs of state every
day but Monday, when she presides at
Cabinet council instead. At twelve
o'clock the royal family sit down to
dejeuner, at which meal the little King
always assists, though only as spec
tator, of course. At two one of the
ministers presents himself w it'll the
DEGREES and state papers of different
kinds which await her signature. Twice
week she holds levee, and it is rarely
over before six. The other days she
takes drive without an escort or any
other show of state. After dinner the
royal party amuse themselves with cards,
or talk literature or art with Count
Morphy, who is an accomplished mu-
stefan, and at eleven the Queen retires
to seek the rest to which she is so we'll
entitled aftes her fatiguing days work.
BIsMARcK's GRoG.
Bismarck is an enormous eater and
drinker, quaffing great draughts of Bor-
deaux wine and champagne at his meals.
He once said in the Reichstag that the
national drink of the Germans is the red
wine of France. He is very hard
worker, his application during office
hours being incessant. He rarely rises
before eleven O'clock in the morning and
loves especially to work late atnight, his
mind, he says, being less subject to dis
fractions and his win being firmer when
the noise of the day is over. He break
fasts at noon, dimes at seven, and takes
tea at ten; usually with his wife, his
daughter, the Countess Won Rantzau, his
son-in-laW, and one or two secretaries.
He rarely has any other guests at table.
When he is at home Bismarck doffs his
uniform of cavalry general to put on a
long frock coat and huge felt hat.
There is one halter in Bremen who has
the privilege of making the extraordi-
nary hats Of which he is SO fond.
DYNAMITE ARTILLERIsT.
Lieutenant Zalinski, whose expert
ments with a dynamite-throwing gun
and submarine torpedo-boat at Fort
Lafayette have attracted so much atten-
ton lately, is well-built, middle-aged
man, with dark hair just beginning to
show tinge of gray. He makes friend
of everybody he meets by his kindly and
modest manners. In speaking of the
progress in his work by which he has a,l-
vanced from throwing a charge of fifteen
pounds Of dynamite to distance of half
mile to the throwing.of 200 pounds of
nitro-glycerine to distance of over
nile Win saIety, ne Always uses Inc pro-
noun we, referring to the workmen who
assist him. He uses the names of the
workmen much more frequently than he
refers to his own efforts.
THE yILDIz KIOSK.
The favorite residence of the Sultan of
Turkey is the Yildiz Kiosk, in a suburb
Of Constantinople The most striking
feature Of the building is the spacious
audience hall. White marble pillars of
exquisite workmanship support the
gilded roof; lofty mirrors in gilt frames
and carved brackets inlaid with mother
of-pearl adorn the walls, while sumptu-
GUS divans covered with the richest and
gayest products of the looms of Broussa
invite one to enjoy Eastern luxury.
Sometimes the Sultan will invite guest
: To ACCOMPANY him to one of the small